This ‘N That Thursday

Welcome to the This ‘N That Thursday blog hop!

A little of this and a little of that and everything in between…

Dorene sent these fantastic pictures of Storm’s puppies.  There were so many cute pictures, I had a hard time picking which ones to post.  The pups were three weeks old this past Monday which is the day these pictures were taken.

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And just for comparison, here is a picture of Storm and her sister when they were puppies in 2007.  They are a bit older than 3 weeks in this picture.  Picture courtesy of Dorene.

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Thanks for the pictures Dorene!

I also want to thank Gizmo of Terrier Torrent for sharing the WordPress Family Award with us.

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According to Gizmo:

This is an award to celebrate those other WordPress bloggers who inspire, help and encourage us – just like a family does…

Thank you for including us in this award.  If you don’t know Gizmo, stop over and say “hi” and while you are visiting check out all the fun we had on Park Day.  You can also find out how to participate in Park Day 2.0.  It promises to be a ton of fun.

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A Visit With Storm and Her Babies

We had a wonderful visit with Storm and her babies on Saturday.  She is thin from all of the nursing and I think she would have happily come home with us, but she still has puppies to care for.

The pups’ eyes were just starting to open and they slept most of the time we were there.  Sleeping puppies make for clear pictures.  :)

Storm With Her Pups

Storm With Her Pups

Pile Of Pups

Pile Of Pups

All These Puppies Are Exhausting

All These Puppies Are Exhausting

They may be exhausting Storm, but they sure are cute!

Storm let everyone know just what she thinks of taking care of 11 puppies.

These Kids Are Always Hungry!

These Kids Are Always Hungry!

Thanks to Gary and Dorene for letting us stop by to visit.

Monday Mischief–Future Mischief Makers

Storm with her puppies a/k/a future mischief makers.

Thanks so much to Dorene for these wonderful pictures.

Storm and Pups

Storm and Pups

Proud Mama

Proud Mama

Counting Paws and Tails

Counting Paws and Tails

The next set are four day old pictures.

Thanks to  Alfie’s BlogSnoopy’s Dog Blog and My Brown Newfies for hosting this hop.

Monday Mischief

Monday Mischief

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Follow-up Friday 4-19-13

We are joining Heart Like A Dog  for the Follow-up Friday blog hop.

It’s the the blog hop that lets you wrap up your week and leads you right into the weekend.

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Monday Mischief–Photo Bomb

hemmingforddogblog  wrote:

Thunder really doesn’t want to go near a Canada goose. They are vicious birds. Not what you would call goodwill ambassadors.

True, however as Storm showed us last Fall, a goose is no match for a Chessie.

Storm's First Goose

Storm’s First Goose

Read about her battle with the goose here.

Misty Shores Chesapeakes asked:

Did he look up when the goose flew up?

No.  Actually, he was focused on the blind with the duck he was sent to pick up.  :)

Fun With Freighter

Storm and her pups are doing well.  Sorry, I don’t have any pictures.  Here is a picture of Storm from March instead.

Storm Training 3-9-13

Storm Training 3-9-13

I understand Freighter had a tough week of training.  That is the way it goes some times with a young doggie.

Wordless Wednesday–New Bed

Thunder loves his new bed.  This is the first really puffy bed he has ever had.  He is 7 now and I noticed that he is not as comfortable sleeping on the floor as he used to be.  Once he gets on the puffy bed, he is out.

Thunder Out Like A Light

Thunder Out Like A Light

Of course every time he got up last weekend, that pup Freighter would get right on his bed.  Thunder would just look at me like: “Aren’t you going to kick that kid off?”

This ‘N That Thursday

dogloverofmax@gmail.com wrote:

Why did Thunder have to sit out?

He had dental done on Thursday and had to have some gum overgrowth removed.  The vet wanted to allow it to heal before he was out picking things up in his mouth.  He did get out for a training day on Wednesday so he did not sit out long.

Many of you asked about the corn stalks and whether they bothered the dogs’ feet.  Many times when the dogs hunt pheasant, it can be in cut corn.  Corn has gaps between the stalks and as you can see in these pictures it is pretty broken down from the winter.  Eventually these fields will be planted so we won’t use them at all.

Freighter In The Corn

Freighter In The Corn

A Closer Look At The Ground

A Closer Look At The Ground

Thank you for all of the nice comments on my photos.  I am trying different focus settings.  These pictures were taken with different settings.

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Thunder

Freighter

Freighter

Another Of Freighter

Another Of Freighter

I may work more with the focus setting that I used for the last picture.  It lets you focus on the moving object and it is supposed to track it.  I need more practice with it to decide whether I like it.  The first and second pictures, I had to focus each frame.  It is hard to do with a fast moving subject as you can see in the second picture.

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